>>11007711>But young-cells replicate incredibly quick don't they?Not by inherent design but because they are told to do so. This "instruction" is then turned off after sufficient mass is achieved. in cancer, we see similar growth rate but not in all cancers. that's why there can be a benign tumor that never grows beyond a small size (maybe for the entire life of the organism) and an aggressive tumor invades all over the body within months.
>Like we're talking stem cells that form an embryo to a fetus? A process that takes nine months?Yes but not just. Also from birth to adulthood, there are tremendous changes and growth that occurs. Later, this growth potential is "turned off".
> Also how do these cells contain to grow so rapidly without the necessary materials and organic molecules?they do get the necessary materials and organic molecules, from your tissue and food intake. they do the work of normal cells and the immune system lets them for the most part.
a lot of this is not super well understood btw.
